CH42. Large memorial consisting of a tablet within a portico and coat of arms beneath
Nigh to this Place lies Interred the Body of / GEORGE NEWDEGATE / late of this Parish Esq. descended of the Ancient / Family of Sir RICHARD NEWDEGATE Bart: Serjeant at / Law; He married SARAH the only daughter of GODMAN / JENKYN of Harpenden in the County of Hertford Esq: by / whom he had four Sons (viz) ROBERT, JENKYN, JENKYN, / and JOHN, and two daughters, SARAH and JULIANA, of all / which children, one only survived him (viz) the last named / JENKYN, all his other Issue dying before him as may be / seen in the near adjoyning Monument / The Deceased may be said without Flattery, to / have been an Endearing Husband, a Tender / Parent, a Beneficent Neighbour, and a Generous / Friend; Charitanle without Ostentation, Hospitable / without Grudging; And a Loving Son to his / Mother the Church of England as by Law Esta- / blished. He departed this life the first day / of June 1735 in the 47th year of his Age / To Preserve the Memory of her dear Husband / his surviving Widow caused this Monument / at her own Expence to be Erected.
This memorial is to George Newdegate described as a serjeant at law, in other words he was a barrister. He was born in 1687, son of Robert & Juliana and baptised at St John’s. He married Sarah Jenkyn in 1714 and they had 6 children but only one lived longer than George. George is described on the monument as an endearing husband, a tender parent, a beneficient neighbour and a generous friend. George died in 1735 aged 48.
After George died, Sarah married Samuel Nicoll, also a lawyer and whose monument is near the organ. Sarah died in 1766, aged 80 and her memorial is in the south isle (CH049). The wording on the monument points out that both husbands were grandsons of Robert Beale.
This is one of 11 memorials in the church to a large extended 18th century local family. The Nicholl family lived at Uxbridge Common and were related by marriage to the Beale family of Hillingdon and the Newdegate family of Harefield Place. More information can be found on the family pages by following the links above.